15 Structural Fire Protection The purpose of this section is to ensure a consistent level of structural fire protection. The section is primarily concerned with protecting high risk spaces such as the engine room and galley. It also makes provision for restricting the quantity of combustible materials and sets out the principles for detection of fire and effective escape 15.1 General 15.1.1
Terms used in this section should have the same meaning as defined in SOLAS. Table 1 is a guide to the major requirements of this Section. The Table is intended as a quick reference to the requirements and is not to be used in isolation when designing the fire safety arrangements.
15.2 Structure
The purpose of this section is to contain a fire in the space of origin. For this purpose, the following functional requirements should be met: • the ship should be subdivided by thermal and structural boundaries as required by this section; • thermal insulation of boundaries should have due regard to the fire risk of the space and adjacent spaces; • the fire integrity of the divisions should be maintained at openings and penetrations.
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